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Abstract
Diabetic retinopathy is considered a common and specific microvascular complication of DM that develops over a period of time and causes irreversible blindness. The study aimed to: Evaluate the effect of an educational intervention for diabetic retinopathy patients on improving their self-care practices and their quality of life. Method: Quasi-experimental research design was utilized in this study. Sample: A purposive sample of 100 patients from Mansoura Ophthalmic Hospital was included in this study and the sample had been divided equally into study and control groups. Tools: Data were collected using three tools; first tool was a structured interview questionnaire sheet. Second tool was self-care practices checklist. Third tool was vision-related quality of life questionnaire. Main results: there were highly statistically significant differences among the study and control groups regarding their total knowledge, total self-care practices and total QoL post implementing the educational intervention and at follow-up phases. Conclusion: Applying the educational intervention was effective in improving patients’ knowledge, self-care practices, and QoL. Recommendations: Ophthalmic nurses should be fully aware of their educational roles in preventing progression of the disease, integration between DM follow-up clinics and eye clinics in screening for DR was very essential, and this study should be replicated on a larger sample to generalize its results.